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This year, I made lots of great purchases at Costco.Veronica Thatcher

Rep. Annie Kuster says she's "not the best gladiator" for serving in Congress anymore.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images

Apple's list of most downloaded free apps suggests the Meta Quest, Amazon Echo, Tonies, and smart photo frames were popular gifts this year.Christina Reichl Photography/Getty Images

Misinformation about drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy run rampant.Getty IMages

DOGE leader Vivek Ramaswamy doubled down on eliminating the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

Reporting on the expansion of a national fast-food chain to Tampa captivated readers. It was among the major business moves that shaped the area's landscape this year.

Target Corp. (NYSE: TGT) is cutting prices again and boosting promotions as it tries to squeeze every last available dollar out of a crucial holiday shopping season.

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper oversaw a booming state economy in his eight years in office, but some of the biggest jobs projects have yet to materialize.

For 20 years, Exposed Brick Theatre has been dedicated to uplifting underrepresented voices, telling stories that rarely make it to the stage and challenging the norms of Western theater. As one of the Saint Paul & Minnesota Foundation’s grantees, Exposed Brick is a prime example of the kind of work the Foundation is committed to supporting: work that is led by and for the community.

In this interview, the Foundation sat down with Exposed Brick’s co-artistic directors Aamera Siddiqui and Suzy…

Sheri Scott, founder of Springhouse Architects, is embarking on her first solo development project with the adaptive reuse of a historic, vacant church building in downtown's Ninth Street Historic District.